Ashmore built the farmhouse and other buildings before selling the farm in 1874 to move to West Decorah.

[2] The farm complex comprises the farmhouse, two barns, a corncrib, an icehouse, a slaughterhouse and several additional outbuildings.

The wood frame is laid out in ten bays, with a three-section lower level.

The large barn has four small dormers in its pitched shingled roof on the southwest side.

The brick farmhouse is irregularly arranged in a rough T-shape, with 1+1⁄2 stories under a steeply-pitching roof with gables and dormers in a variety of configurations.